Monthly Archives: February 2014

IN yet another episode of a sustained campaign of hate and intimidation against freedom and public order, the Malaysiakini office in Bangsar Utama, Kuala Lumpur was attacked with red paint and a package containing a duck carcass and a photo…

Government-linked company 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has bought a 310-acre land in Pulau Indah from Tadmax Resources Bhd for RM317.3mil, or RM23.50 per sq ft. This is the first plot of land that 1MDB is acquiring from the private sector,…

As of ..19th February 2014, ..1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has yet to file its accounts for its financial year ending March 2013. The last available accounts was dated 31 March 2012. It is both shocking and suspicious that an multi-billion…

Islamic conservatism is prevalent in Malaysia because the federal government uses religion as a tool to retain power, a senior law lecturer said during a forum on freedom of expression today. Dr Azmi Sharom, an associate professor from Universiti Malaya,…

..Education Ministry to fulfill its promise of assigning 940 graduates of the Malaysian Teacher Training Institutions (IPGM) to Chinese medium schools (SJKC), by latest Feb 20, 2014. Up until today, only around 160 teachers were assigned to the schools, said…

Malaysia has continued its downward slide on the Press Freedom Index 2014, this time doing even worse than Myanmar.Malaysia’s two-year slide has landed it at a record low position of 147. This is two slots below Myanmar where reforms since…